Harmony and Other Musical Sounds

When does harmony occur?

• When one or more tones are sounded simultaneously

• Occurs when two tones are sounded incoherently

• Occurs when a sound is coherent

• Occurs whenever two or more tones are sounded simultaneously

What is common-practice tonality?

• The system of organizing pitch and harmony

• Different pitches playing simultaneously

• Inverted pitches

• A cluster of whole steps

What is the highest note in a triad?

• The Root

• The Fifth

• The Third

• The Second

 What is a key signature and where is it located?

• A set of sharps or flats at the beginning of every staff that indicates the key of the music

• A chord located at the top of every measure

• In between chords that are a tritone part

• A complex harmony that is seen throughout the rhythm of the melody

What are the four types of texture in Western music?

• Dynamic, Articulation, Ornamentation, Polyphony

• Heterophony, Instrumentation, Homonic, Polyphony

• Monophony, Homophony, Polyphony, Heterophony

• Staccato, Legato, Pizzicato, Ostinato

What is Harmonic Progression also known as?

• Circle of fifths

• Overtone Series

• Chord Progression

• Harmonic Sequence

What is Dissonance and Consonance Dissonance?

• Any pitch of a triad that can be moved up or down any octave

• Common-practice harmony developed beyond 1750

• The most common chord progression

• The quality of a pitch, interval or chord that seems unstable

What is a key signature

• Any pitch of a triad

• Set of sharps or flats at the start

• A fascinating pattern

• World of pitch relationships within a piece